India must demonstrate leadership on Palestine issue, claims Sonia

Asserting that India needs to demonstrate leadership on the issue of Palestine, Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Thursday slammed the Narendra Modi government's stance, saying its response has been characterised by a “profound silence” and an abdication of both humanity and morality.

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She said the government's actions appear to be driven primarily by the personal friendship between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu rather than India’s constitutional values or its strategic interests. “This style of personalised diplomacy is never tenable and cannot be the guiding compass of India’s foreign pol-

She said Modi govt’s response is abdication of humanity